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   Fitch (?; 224), n.; pl. Fitches (#). [See Vetch.]
   1. (Bot.) A vetch. [Obs.]
   
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   2. pl. (Bot.) A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt.
   
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   Fitch, n. [Contr. of fitched.] (Zool.) The European polecat; also, its fur.
   
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